Catholic Morality should be understood in the context of our vocation to love. God created man in His own image and likeness: calling him in existence in love, through love and for love. Therefore LOVE is our fundamental vocation. Two specific ways of realizing this vocation to love : Single life (virginity/celibacy) or Marriage is the vocation of the Majority of the people.
Some terms:
There are certain terms we need to be familiar with when we talk about Christian Morality in Relationships
Chastity: Living in a world with a growing hedonistic mentality,we draw our attention to the value of Chastity. Chastity/Celibacy is not a value to be witnessed only by priests and nuns but all Christians. Catholicism defines chastity as the virtue that moderates the sexual appetite ( Summa Theologia I-II q. 60 a. 5).
Unmarried Catholics express chastity through sexual abstinence. Sexual intercourse within marriage is considered chaste when it retains the twofold significance of unity and procreation.(Human Vitae [HV]. 12)
Chastity as a moral virtue regulates the use of one's sexuality in such a way that the "I" can encounter the particular "thou" validly and lovingly, abstaining from sexual dealings which will harm the encounter.
Sexuality: Sexuality is not something related only to the body,but something that affects the whole person in the depth of his/her being, where his/her "I" is discovered. We have the genetic and the generic component of our sexuality, and Generic-affective and personal dimension.
Some terms:
There are certain terms we need to be familiar with when we talk about Christian Morality in Relationships
Chastity: Living in a world with a growing hedonistic mentality,we draw our attention to the value of Chastity. Chastity/Celibacy is not a value to be witnessed only by priests and nuns but all Christians. Catholicism defines chastity as the virtue that moderates the sexual appetite ( Summa Theologia I-II q. 60 a. 5).
Unmarried Catholics express chastity through sexual abstinence. Sexual intercourse within marriage is considered chaste when it retains the twofold significance of unity and procreation.(Human Vitae [HV]. 12)
Chastity as a moral virtue regulates the use of one's sexuality in such a way that the "I" can encounter the particular "thou" validly and lovingly, abstaining from sexual dealings which will harm the encounter.
Sexuality: Sexuality is not something related only to the body,but something that affects the whole person in the depth of his/her being, where his/her "I" is discovered. We have the genetic and the generic component of our sexuality, and Generic-affective and personal dimension.
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